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CONTENTS. XXIU Chapter XIII. — continued. III. Continued action of the Englisli land-liatteries, Their efiect, . The Redan, Great explosion, ....... Its effect, ........ Retreat of the Russian infantry, .... Defenceless condition of the Redan, The opportunity there was for assaulting it, . Why not seized by the Allies, .... The enemy not quickly enlightened by the silence of the batteries, ........ Conclusion of the cannonade for the day, Its results, ........ The consequence of not storming before nightfall, . The Allies hampered by their duality. The course taken by Canrobert, .... Concurrent opinions upon the expediency of an assault, Another lost occasion, ...... French 420 420 423 425 425 427 427 427 428 431 431 432 433 433 436 437 439 CHAPTER XIV. change of plan, ...... More time required by the French, ]Iorning of the 13th. Changed state of the defence The English cannonade, ISth of October, Death of Colonel Hood, ..... Feat of Captain Peel's, ..... Cannonade of the 19th October, The six successive daj's of cannonade which followed th October, ........ Measures for counteracting the French approaches, ll»th 440 441 441 441 442 442 443 445 446 CHAPTER XV. Mr Calvert's warning, .... Lord Raglan's reception of tlic warning. Steps taken by Lord Raglan, . 448 450 450